Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Aberration

How is CPUz reporting 6GB? Is the BIOS showing 6GB?

Sounds like an OS issue to me, like you are running 32bit or you have the ram limited with a boot up switch.

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LoL.. OS issue!!! :rofl:

Someone clearly hasn't been following this thread, because if you had read my previous posts here you would know that this isn't an OS problem!!!

This is just a bug with CPU-Z obviously, and also the Vista Basic Information screen displays 6GB, for some reason, these apps know that I have 3 x 2GB modules installed on my mobo, but if I check the BIOS, POST screen, and the Performance tab in Task Manager these all tell me that there is only 4GB being detected... however, the very latest version of CPU-Z (1.52) it only sees 4GB.. check this screenie to see the latest CPU-Z reporting 4GB, also notice how the new version also lowers the CPU frequency when speedstep starts working.. 1.51 didn't seem to lower the clock frequency like this...
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7078/cpuz152.jpg

Also, the F7 BIOS for the UD5 picks up the RAM timings as well, but the Standard CMOS Features screen only says that there is 4GB usable...

When I flashed the BIOS to F8d and F8f, both of these BIOS'es wouldn't show the timings for the stick of RAM in the first white slot, it said N/A beside each setting...

My problem is definitely hardware related, the amount of time and money I have spent problem solving this rig to try and trace the route of this issue is insane!!!

I am 110% positive the IMC on my processor is shot.. I sent an e-mail to Intel support team, and explained everything that I have done in regards to testing my hardware with multiple mobos, sets of RAM, graphics cards, PSU's, HDD's etc etc, and how the only piece of hardware that hasn't changed throughout all of my testing was the CPU, they also agreed that the problems lie within the CPU...

I have an RMA number for the processor, but I was going to hold off sending it back until I got my Fiancee's i920 to complete her new PC, but after getting the reply back from Intel, I am just going to ship the CPU off tommorow, as I am quite confident when the techs test it, they will experience the same problem as me...

I will post back in this thread as soon as I find out what happens when I return my CPU...

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Originally Posted by Jakethesnake011

Gigabyet is not realsing 1.6 revisions they will be realsing a new X58A revision for all the boards which have a 24 CPU power phase set up and sata 3.0. Here is article, read up on the x58's.

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ehwwww... do not want. I can pass on a :banana::banana::banana::banana:y 3rd party sata 3.0 controller that never will be used anyway.

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Originally Posted by Andrea deluxe

lovely

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Now you can be sure you're stable no matter what :)

Be sure to enter the i7 stable oc thread when you get some time :)

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Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR

It is simple mate, just download whichever BIOS you want to use, and extract the BIOS from the downloaded file, then all you do is copy the file ex58ud5.f7 for instance (this is F7 BIOS obviously!) onto your USB pen, and restart your computer, then on the POST screen you can either press "End" key to enter the Q Flash utility, or you can press Del to enter the BIOS, then press F8 for Q Flash utility, and you need to select the file from the USB pen drive and follow onscreen instructions...

There really is nothing to it tbh... Whatever you do though, don't use the Windows based Flash Utility @BIOS.. I have used this method in the past, but I have been advised by loads of people that it isn't a good idea to flash with this software, and you are much better using QFlash instead...

Hope this helps you out...

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I am planning to use the f8f BIOS, so basically all I need to do is put the "EX58UD5.f8f" onto my Flash drive and boot from it. I thought I have to put something else other than EX58UD5.f8f. Because on tweaktown forum there is a guide how to flash using Qflash. And that guide is totally different than what you said; however, yours and the Gigabyte PDF guide are pretty much the same.

GA-EX58-UD4P - BIOS F9d released.

Blunt - An odd thing I notice in CPUZ is that it only reports 4gb yet it 'claims' to be using triple channel...WTF?

whats the best bios version on ud5 for i7 920 DO at the moment ?

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Originally Posted by stasio

GA-EX58-UD4P - BIOS F9d released.

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Stasio, can you check my post on your guide? It is about flashing the UD5 question.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by freshy

whats the best bios version on ud5 for i7 920 DO at the moment ?

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f8e

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Originally Posted by 123456iambelial

I am planning to use the f8f BIOS, so basically all I need to do is put the "EX58UD5.f8f" onto my Flash drive and boot from it. I thought I have to put something else other than EX58UD5.f8f. Because on tweaktown forum there is a guide how to flash using Qflash. And that guide is totally different than what you said; however, yours and the Gigabyte PDF guide are pretty much the same.

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Nah man, you don't boot from the USB pen drive, you just copy the BIOS file onto the pen drive, and then restart your system, and either enter the BIOS and then press F8, or just press the End key on the keyboard to boot into QFlash utility, then you just browse to the BIOS file on the flash drive and follow the onscreen instructions in QFlash...

It is as simple as that!

@Johnny, I never even noticed that until you mentioned it!!!

That is really strange... :shrug:

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I actually have a question myself about BIOS flashing, in QFlash do I have "Keep DMI Data" set to Enabled or Disabled?

I have always left it Enabled when I have flashed my BIOS, but maybe I have been doing it wrong???

That does seem odd, i kinda wonder what the Everest/Sandra bandwidth scores with 4GB 'triple' channel..

Anyway, with my lock ups its deffo when idle, happens with speedstep/c1e off or/and on, (also made sure Vista's/7's min freq was set at 100%) and ive been looking through the event viewer and get the below moments before lock up (i wonder if its related)


- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Processor-Power" Guid="{0f67e49f-fe51-4e9f-b490-6f2948cc6027}" />
<EventID>4</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-07-29T17:56:11.652Z" />
<EventRecordID>77297</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="64" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Sunn-i7</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="Processor">6</Data>
<Data Name="IdleStateCount">1</Data>
<Data Name="PerfStateCount">10</Data>
<Data Name="ThrottleStateCount">8</Data>
<ComplexData Name="IdleState">01000000</ComplexData>
<ComplexData Name="PerfState">E90A000064000000640A00005F000000D F0900005A0000005A09000055000000D508000050000000500 800004C000000CB070000470000004607000042000000C1060 0003D0000003C06000039000000</ComplexData>
</EventData>
</Event>

Although its mentioned at other times and it hasn't locked afterwards and i dont know what it means anyway, I've now went back to stock :mad: (ewww) and waiting

hi in the new F8f bios the B2B is enbled
what value are beening used

i have mine at 4

what is the max blec is it 222
has any body done the pic e mod

Thanks BLunTSmoker for clearing it up.

np man,

I went ahead and tried disabling Keep DMI Data when I flashed my BIOS, and my PC is still working, so I guess it doesn't matter whether you disable or enable this option when flashing the BIOS...

I don't know what it actually did by disabling it, but nothing bad happened!!

Have you flashed your BIOS now 123456iambelial??

I have not. I am still waiting for my UD5 to arrive. It should be here on Saturday.

Thankss for the info

Grrrr, the latest beta BIOS for the UD4P (F9d) won't let me use my keyboard during the OS Boot Screen. I even made sure to 'Enable' Keyboard USB Support (or whatever it's called).

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Originally Posted by SimpleTECH

Grrrr, the latest beta BIOS for the UD4P (F9d) won't let me use my keyboard during the OS Boot Screen. I even made sure to 'Enable' Keyboard USB Support (or whatever it's called).

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Yes same here, F9d is buggy with USB keyboards, same with the latest UD5 F8f

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Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR

np man,

I went ahead and tried disabling Keep DMI Data when I flashed my BIOS, and my PC is still working, so I guess it doesn't matter whether you disable or enable this option when flashing the BIOS...

I don't know what it actually did by disabling it, but nothing bad happened!!

Have you flashed your BIOS now 123456iambelial??

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Dude, 1 more question. Where do you download your UD5 drivers?
I went to Gigabyte website, but they have 3 separated drivers(audia, chipset and lan)
Did you get yours on Gigabyte website?

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Originally Posted by 123456iambelial

Dude, 1 more question. Where do you download your UD5 drivers?
I went to Gigabyte website, but they have 3 separated drivers(audia, chipset and lan)
Did you get yours on Gigabyte website?

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I just use the drivers from the CD that came with the mobo...

I did receive a link from a guy at Gigabyte for a newer chipset driver than the one on the CD, but I don't use that driver anymore.. here is the link:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2958

@SimpleTECH, when I tried out the F8f BIOS for my UD5, I wasn't able to use my keyboard neither.. well, I could enter the BIOS, but whenever my system reset itself, or didn't shutdown properly, when the screen that comes up asking if you wanted to boot into safe mode, or start windows normally, I was unable to choose the option I wanted, and I had to let the timer countdown before I could enter the OS...

It is really annoying, because on F7 BIOS my keyboard works fine, but the PWM fan control doesn't work so the fan on my cooler runs at full speed all the time, but on the F8f BIOS PWM fan control works perfectly, but my keyboard doesn't work after the system POSTs..

So BLunt.......any news on the CPU yet?

I still haven't returned it yet, I will be sending it back on Monday or Tuesday..

hey i just flashed to f8f bios for ud5 and i am using 19x cpu multi but i have turbo on but im still only getting a 19x multi when booted into windows , why arnt i getting my 21x multi ?

i been stuffing around with it :stick: and if i pick x20 multi i get turbo and 21x multi, if i pick x19 multi i dont get turbo and stuck with x19 multi im still on my i7 920 CO , i was using bios f4k before and even just using x19 multi with turbo it gave me x21 multi , i got a i7 920 DO batch 3849B018 on its way, but i thought id flash to f8f as i got a ocz blade 6gb 2000mhz kit and was having some issues with f4k after i installed the memory, but im sure memory is ok because i already ran memtest for 2 hours @ 2000mhz

so whats the story with f8f dont we get turbo if we dont pick x20 multi ? :brick:

edit...fook me ! i just tried a few different bios versions over last few hours, i tried bios f6e by qflash and still i wasnt getting 21x multi with turbo on if the 19x multi was set, so i went back to qflash back to an earlyer bios f4k and qflash told me that it was incorrect bios image so i tried another bios version, same thing over and over again "incorrect bios image", so i start to panic and think its f*&^$d- RMA time !

so i was trying to corrupt the bios so i can boot from the back up bios but it wouldnt , it would still log into windows just wouldnt let me flash bios'

anyway i thought last resort and used @bios to update over internet in windows and it worked, so im on f7 now, went back into bios checked to see if qflash worked and it did

not only that now i oc'd and the 21x multi is working with the 19x multi and turbo on.... so wtf ?

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Originally Posted by freshy

hey i just flashed to f8f bios for ud5 and i am using 19x cpu multi but i have turbo on but im still only getting a 19x multi when booted into windows , why arnt i getting my 21x multi ?

i been stuffing around with it :stick: and if i pick x20 multi i get turbo and 21x multi, if i pick x19 multi i dont get turbo and stuck with x19 multi im still on my i7 920 CO , i was using bios f4k before and even just using x19 multi with turbo it gave me x21 multi , i got a i7 920 DO batch 3849B018 on its way, but i thought id flash to f8f as i got a ocz blade 6gb 2000mhz kit and was having some issues with f4k after i installed the memory, but im sure memory is ok because i already ran memtest for 2 hours @ 2000mhz

so whats the story with f8f dont we get turbo if we dont pick x20 multi ? :brick:

edit...fook me ! i just tried a few different bios versions over last few hours, i tried bios f6e by qflash and still i wasnt getting 21x multi with turbo on if the 19x multi was set, so i went back to qflash back to an earlyer bios f4k and qflash told me that it was incorrect bios image so i tried another bios version, same thing over and over again "incorrect bios image", so i start to panic and think its f*&^$d- RMA time !

so i was trying to corrupt the bios so i can boot from the back up bios but it wouldnt , it would still log into windows just wouldnt let me flash bios'

anyway i thought last resort and used @bios to update over internet in windows and it worked, so im on f7 now, went back into bios checked to see if qflash worked and it did

not only that now i oc'd and the 21x multi is working with the 19x multi and turbo on.... so wtf ?

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Dude, get the lottery on before you luck runs out again ;)

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Originally Posted by Arcanum

Try running HyperPI 32M 16 threads :)

Almost want to bet it'll fail it :D

No offense, but Linx isn't the be-all and end-all test for i7 :)

EDIT: For all you guys saying that you're stable just cause you can run Linx - go run HyperPI 32M 16 threads and I'm betting 60-70% of you will fail, Lynx is good for initial assesment, only when HyperPI 32M 16t completes without any error you can say your system is stable imo. And it takes shorter than 250 passes Lynx ;) or 10 passes for that matter :)

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I passed both LinX (all mem) and HyperPi 32m with 16threads.....so I guess pretty stable 3.8ghz - 1.15v (1.12v under load) :D

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Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR

I just use the drivers from the CD that came with the mobo...

I did receive a link from a guy at Gigabyte for a newer chipset driver than the one on the CD, but I don't use that driver anymore.. here is the link:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2958

@SimpleTECH, when I tried out the F8f BIOS for my UD5, I wasn't able to use my keyboard neither.. well, I could enter the BIOS, but whenever my system reset itself, or didn't shutdown properly, when the screen that comes up asking if you wanted to boot into safe mode, or start windows normally, I was unable to choose the option I wanted, and I had to let the timer countdown before I could enter the OS...

It is really annoying, because on F7 BIOS my keyboard works fine, but the PWM fan control doesn't work so the fan on my cooler runs at full speed all the time, but on the F8f BIOS PWM fan control works perfectly, but my keyboard doesn't work after the system POSTs..

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Not that you maybe havent guessed it, but have you checked in bios? there is an option that you can enable usb keyboad, if that is disabled, you get that you cant use the keyboard after post..

http://depositfiles.com/files/ltooj6ahi

i have the UD5 and could change to extreme but is it worth it

how many people are using the extreme IOH (Northbridge)
water block

Mine UD5 heatsink gets to about 54 c when on full load
running 920 D0 @ 4515 at present :)


has anyone used team xtreem 1866 mem on the UD5

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Originally Posted by beast200

Mine UD5 heatsink gets to about 54 c when on full load
running 920 D0 @ 4515 at present :)

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I have the extreme motherboard but I'm not water cooling the NB, only using the silent pipe cooler. I've always though my temps where a bit high.

Currently idling, it is 49c but on a hotter day that can be in the mid to high 50c's. I've seen it get over 60c when gaming. Are these temps anything to worry about?

I'm almost thinking that my SLI'ed 260's are heating up the silentpipe NB heatsink and making the NB run hotter than it should be. Is that possible and if so, would it be better in my case to run without the silentpipe heatsink. I have a HAF 932.

@Infa, I know about the option in the BIOS for enabling USB mouse and keyboard, that is the very first thing I enable when I flash my BIOS or have to load optimized defaults..

I wish that the BIOS engineers would just have these options enabled to begin with because it is really annoying having to enable them all the time..

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Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR

@Infa, I know about the option in the BIOS for enabling USB mouse and keyboard, that is the very first thing I enable when I flash my BIOS or have to load optimized defaults..

I wish that the BIOS engineers would just have these options enabled to begin with because it is really annoying having to enable them all the time..

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With you on that mate.....stands to reason given the number of usb keyboards around vs PS/2 ones :yepp:

This is my best Overclock on the i7 920, so that I can benchmark it, if I go higher than 210 I can not benchmark it only run some wPrime 32M a few times. I have to figure out a way to get it semi stable for 4.5 or 4.6.

http://img.techpowerup.org/090803/3d...tage 23330.png

I have a question regarding ET6. I cannot view the voltages in it. I was curious if this is because I am on too old of a bios (F5g) or if there is another reason.

Been scanning this thread, but am wanting to know if someone can quickly clear up a few final questions on the EX58-UD5:

1) Does S3 function properly?
2) Does EIST work properly?
3) Can Turbo Throttling be totally disabled (21x multi no matter what temp/load)?

Well, I finally got around to shipping my processor off.. sent it this afternoon on Special Next Day Delivery, so hopefully I won't have to wait for ages to get a replacement one shipped out to me...

It sucks not having my own PC.. and my Fiancee's AMD dual core system isn't working properly neither, so I have borrowed her fathers Laptop which is a POS!!

2.5GHz P4 with 512mb RAM, and a Geforce 4 440 64mb GPU!!! :cool:

I'm gonna get my fiancees rig up and running tomorrow, I need to replace her hard drive, as the current one is dodgy.

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Originally Posted by trakslacker

Been scanning this thread, but am wanting to know if someone can quickly clear up a few final questions on the EX58-UD5:

1) Does S3 function properly?
2) Does EIST work properly?
3) Can Turbo Throttling be totally disabled (21x multi no matter what temp/load)?

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-yes
-yes under vista. A bit flakey under xp. No idea on win7.
-totally disable by default

C1E vid function broken after certain bclk. If you didnt use achi I would say try bios f8b first for non elpida sticks >> this. For elpida sticks try some of the latest bios.

Just answering my own question for anyone who is interested, please correct me if this sounds absurd.

I took the additional heat sink off my NB (EX58-Extreme). I noticed that under load, my NB temps maxed at 54C which is an improvement over the >60C temps I was getting with the additional heat sink on it (will have to do more testing when ambient temp is a bit higher). My assumption is that my graphics cards were heating up the heat sink and therefore making the NB hotter. I first though this might be the case based on the observation that my NB was nearly always sitting on the same temp as my top GTX 260 (up to a certain temp). This was very noticeable after playing a game and letting the system idle. If the 1st GPU was at 60C, the NB was at 60C and they would both cool down at the same rate. Currently, my NB is cooling down and is sitting on 49 where as the GPU is at 54C. If the additional heat sink was on the NB, I would assume that the NB would also be at 54C.

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Originally Posted by nipper575

Just answering my own question for anyone who is interested, please correct me if this sounds absurd.

I took the additional heat sink off my NB (EX58-Extreme). I noticed that under load, my NB temps maxed at 54C which is an improvement over the >60C temps I was getting with the additional heat sink on it (will have to do more testing when ambient temp is a bit higher). My assumption is that my graphics cards were heating up the heat sink and therefore making the NB hotter. I first though this might be the case based on the observation that my NB was nearly always sitting on the same temp as my top GTX 260 (up to a certain temp). This was very noticeable after playing a game and letting the system idle. If the 1st GPU was at 60C, the NB was at 60C and they would both cool down at the same rate. Currently, my NB is cooling down and is sitting on 49 where as the GPU is at 54C. If the additional heat sink was on the NB, I would assume that the NB would also be at 54C.

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hi you have also answered my question about chaging from UD5 to the extreme
i would of liked to water cool the NB / additional heat sink but seems makes little or no difference
one thing i have noticed is that the two other heat sinks linked by the heat pipes do not get hot only slighty warm to the touch My Nb idles @ 45 to 48 and max about 56 to 58
seems inline with your temps


1 S3 it works fine under w7 64 but loses turbo mode when resumes
( Have read that it is a standard feature of the i7 !! may be wrong )

2 Eist No idea just turn it off

3 Turbo mode works well does not throttle

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Originally Posted by beast200

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1 S3 it works fine under w7 64 but loses turbo mode when resumes
( Have read that it is a standard feature of the i7 !! may be wrong )

2 Eist No idea just turn it off

3 Turbo mode works well does not throttle

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enable EIST to fix no. 1

Does anyone here using a northbridge cooler or fan for this mobo?
If you are using a fan which one?

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Originally Posted by 123456iambelial

Does anyone here using a northbridge cooler or fan for this mobo?
If you are using a fan which one?

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No, cos I dont feel the need for it :D

Sits idle around 35'c :up:

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Originally Posted by Jonny Manc

No, cos I dont feel the need for it :D

Sits idle around 35'c :up:

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At what ambient temp? Mine idles at around 45'c with a ambient room temperature of around 17 - 18'c. Actually runs cooler than it did with the additional Extreme heat sink.

My room temperature is currently 19.9'c, and my NB is idling at 49'C. I still think the heat from the top GTX 260 is heating up the NB though, so it could be lower I guess. Still be nice to know what your ambient temp is though. My motherboard temp is 38'C and that is in a HAF with a water cooled CPU.

I'm just curious to see whether my system is running warmer than it should be.

edit: just change my above statement, sun must of been shining on the pc or something?

Idling at 48'c with 21.1'c ambient room temp, motherboard is still sitting at 38'c.

My room ambient was about 18'c, but the air flow through my case is massive given the 200mm side fan blowing onto the board, the 140 & 120mm fans blowing across it and a 120mm fan blowing onto the back of the motherboard......gotta love the Thermatake Spedo AP :P

Obviously, it gets a tad warmer when the sun is out, but not too much :D

Will try and measure the load temps at some point today.

Hi, new to the forums,

While i was waiting for confirmation, i read thru this thread. I am also owner of UD5 board. Downloaded the latest beta BIOS F8f.

Currently running at 3.8GHz stable (with turbo on), but anything higher giving me stability issues (BSOD 124). I already tried to bump cpu voltage to 1.3V, vtt to 1.34V and ram to 1.64, still BSODing in Prime.

On a side note, since i got my new board, i'v got one annoying issue with monitor (t240). When i power up or restart, it always search fo signal and blinking between HDMI, Analog and after it gets to digital, the screen turn on - by that time, the post is already somewhere at checking RAID array - well, unless i dont experience slow boot, which has been aparently another issue with UD5.

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Originally Posted by Jonny Manc

My room ambient was about 18'c, but the air flow through my case is massive given the 200mm side fan blowing onto the board, the 140 & 120mm fans blowing across it and a 120mm fan blowing onto the back of the motherboard......gotta love the Thermatake Spedo AP :P

Obviously, it gets a tad warmer when the sun is out, but not too much :D

Will try and measure the load temps at some point today.

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Thanks.

Well now I'm puzzled, I have a 230mm fan blowing on my motherboard (HAF 932), yet your idle temps are a good 10'c lower than mine? You even have a similar graphics card. Obviously the extra fans are doing their part also in your case.

What does your GPU idle at, I'm still thinking that the radiant heat comming off this 260 is what is bringing my NB temps up. I'm not even sure if it's anything to worry about as I can't seem to find out what the normal and max operating temps for it are. I have prefect stability so I guess I have nothing to worry about, but I would like to know for sure.

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Originally Posted by esdxx

Hi, new to the forums,

While i was waiting for confirmation, i read thru this thread. I am also owner of UD5 board. Downloaded the latest beta BIOS F8f.

Currently running at 3.8GHz stable (with turbo on), but anything higher giving me stability issues (BSOD 124). I already tried to bump cpu voltage to 1.3V, vtt to 1.34V and ram to 1.64, still BSODing in Prime.

On a side note, since i got my new board, i'v got one annoying issue with monitor (t240). When i power up or restart, it always search fo signal and blinking between HDMI, Analog and after it gets to digital, the screen turn on - by that time, the post is already somewhere at checking RAID array - well, unless i dont experience slow boot, which has been aparently another issue with UD5.

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I can't be of too much help as my OC is relatively tame, but I often see people upping the cpu pll voltage. Maybe that is holding you back? Also make sure that your uncore multi is set to at least half of your RAM multi for stability.

I got i different mobo. Foxxconn BloodRage (very pretty) but i was sent a used board by mistake with bits missing. Anywho that was sent back for a refund, but i did had a quick play, came up with the thinking that higher uncore or ram speed causes the problems (even tho memtest seemed fine, maybe should of left it for longer). So i got another set of RAM and 920.

1st test was old 920 stock (1.2v loaded) (3850A975) and new RAM (XMS3 TR3X6G1600C7) running at rated speed. same as before, randomly lock when doing nothing. Tried a quick OC, found i could use lower VTT voltage with this RAM which seemed odd :shrug: but gave up after, the temptation of the other 920 was calling...

New 920 in (finally a good one) (3913B213) stock voltage 1.152, went all the way to 190 x 21 on stock volts (the old couldnt do 3GHz without increase) and now settled into 4.2 200 x 21 @ 1.264 vcore, 1.335 vtt, 1.2 IOH and so far no problems, should run Prime soon, but 50 passes of Linx, HyperPI and a couple days happy under its belt = :)

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6...f420016.th.jpg
(Afternoon sun got the temps a little higher, oh well)

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Originally Posted by esdxx

Hi, new to the forums,

While i was waiting for confirmation, i read thru this thread. I am also owner of UD5 board. Downloaded the latest beta BIOS F8f.

Currently running at 3.8GHz stable (with turbo on), but anything higher giving me stability issues (BSOD 124). I already tried to bump cpu voltage to 1.3V, vtt to 1.34V and ram to 1.64, still BSODing in Prime.

On a side note, since i got my new board, i'v got one annoying issue with monitor (t240). When i power up or restart, it always search fo signal and blinking between HDMI, Analog and after it gets to digital, the screen turn on - by that time, the post is already somewhere at checking RAID array - well, unless i dont experience slow boot, which has been aparently another issue with UD5.

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I think that BSOD 124 has something to do with vcore and CPU Vtt

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Originally Posted by 123456iambelial

I think that BSOD 124 has something to do with vcore and CPU Vtt

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Yeah, so i heard, but vcore is i think already quite high, from what i heard 1.275V should be enough for 4GHz.

Hi everyone, i need some help on UD5(F8e bios) with xeon w3520 #3901

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=641343

Apparently this is stable at 4.02Ghz, but when i tried turning on intel turbo boost, system refuse to boot up :( tried increasing voltage to 1.35V but to no avail. any way to overcome this?

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Originally Posted by nipper575

Thanks.

Well now I'm puzzled, I have a 230mm fan blowing on my motherboard (HAF 932), yet your idle temps are a good 10'c lower than mine? You even have a similar graphics card. Obviously the extra fans are doing their part also in your case.

What does your GPU idle at, I'm still thinking that the radiant heat comming off this 260 is what is bringing my NB temps up. I'm not even sure if it's anything to worry about as I can't seem to find out what the normal and max operating temps for it are. I have prefect stability so I guess I have nothing to worry about, but I would like to know for sure.

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GPU is currently idle at 41'c (55% fan for quietness :D) with the NB at 34'c (according to Everest).

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Originally Posted by esdxx

Hi, new to the forums,

While i was waiting for confirmation, i read thru this thread. I am also owner of UD5 board. Downloaded the latest beta BIOS F8f.

Currently running at 3.8GHz stable (with turbo on), but anything higher giving me stability issues (BSOD 124). I already tried to bump cpu voltage to 1.3V, vtt to 1.34V and ram to 1.64, still BSODing in Prime.

On a side note, since i got my new board, i'v got one annoying issue with monitor (t240). When i power up or restart, it always search fo signal and blinking between HDMI, Analog and after it gets to digital, the screen turn on - by that time, the post is already somewhere at checking RAID array - well, unless i dont experience slow boot, which has been aparently another issue with UD5.

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Concerning the monitor blinking, you have to manually change "Source to Manual instead of Auto" in the monitor's OSD

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Originally Posted by Jonny Manc

GPU is currently idle at 41'c (55% fan for quietness :D) with the NB at 34'c (according to Everest).

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thanks.

New BIOS:

GA-EX58-UD3R - F7
GA-EX58-UD3R (1.6) - Fc

Info:ICH10R eXtreme(XHD)SATA support
Info:B2B CAS Delay support
Released 06.Aug 09

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Originally Posted by phsinc1

Concerning the monitor blinking, you have to manually change "Source to Manual instead of Auto" in the monitor's OSD

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Thanks, that helped.

In other news, i am still struggling to stabilze the 4GHz. 3.8GHz (181x21) seems to be pretty stable with 1.26V, RAM 1.64V and rest on auto. But...

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/643091.png

I am in windows, but will BSOD after few minutes of Prime. If anyone have a suggestion, please share. I am quite a newbie, when it comes to overclocking.

My BIOS settings:
191x21
vcore: 1.281V
vtt: Auto
CPU PLL: 1.88V
RAM: 1.64VA
qpi link: x36
Uncore: at value to match 2x RAM frequency, not sure what number is it
Ram ratio: 6.0
PCI-E: auto

PCI spread centrum everythng off, except turbo and HT. Everything else is on auto i think.

Not to forget my specs: 920 D0 , UD5, OCZ 6GB 1600MHz, 720W enermax
Batch number is: 3911A318 - i never saw anyone with this # and neither google it seems, but i heard 39xxxx performing worse...
I dont really want to go higher than 1.3V with vcore, i'v already hitting 70C under load now with 1.27-28V. I'v got noctua cooler push/pull (with AS5 applied) and ATCS 840 case.

PS: What happens if you guys put too low voltage and PC wont post? At first, pc restarted and then message poped up, that overclocking failed. But recently i am not getting that, computer just keep restarting and i have to clear CMOS every single time. I am using F8F BIOS.

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Originally Posted by stasio

New BIOS:

GA-EX58-UD3R - F7
GA-EX58-UD3R (1.6) - Fc

Info:ICH10R eXtreme(XHD)SATA support
Info:B2B CAS Delay support
Released 06.Aug 09

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thanks for the bios updates stasio :)
heard any news of anything more recent than F8g for the X58 extreme board?

anyone know what XHD support is exactly?

I've bought one of these boards already for my planned I7 upgrade, in the next couple of days I'm going to buy i7 920, GTX285 but not sure of what memory to buy for hopefully a stable 24/7 4GHz or more overclock?

Preferably from the following UK vendors list of available DDR3.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...id=701&catid=8

http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-24-32-0

http://www.overclock.co.uk/dept/DDR3...nnel_1002.html

Or if anyone knows a reliable supplier of good ram for this board?

I was hoping for Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) but everyone seems out of stock?

Thanks.

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i have the UD5 and could change to extreme but is it worth it

how many people are using the extreme IOH (Northbridge)
water block

Mine UD5 heatsink gets to about 54 c when on full load
running 920 D0 @ 4515 at present :)


has anyone used team xtreem 1866 mem on the UD5

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thanks for the bios updates stasio :)
heard any news of anything more recent than F8g for the X58 extreme board?

anyone know what XHD support is exactly?

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I would love to know that aswell. And is this also comming to the UD5 and EX boards ?

I have asked about this XHD setting, no reply yet though. I will keep you all informed once I find out, maybe Hicookie can stop by and let us know?

@M31, there is plenty of decent memory available at OcUK just now...

6GB OCZ Reaper 1600MHz RAM can be had for £80.99..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=8&subcat=1389

I don't think this memory uses XMP profiles, but you don't need these anyway.. I never use XMP for my Dominators anymore, I prefer to set everything manually.

Hey guys, I had a bios warning error last night and I had it on F8e update for 3 days. After I got the error it reset itself back to F7, so I reflashed it back to F8e.
Does my primary BIOS chip is dead? and I am using the backup chip?

Hey guys I just got an extra 6 gigs of OCZ XMP1600 memory and I'm having a lot of problems with the computer randomly rebooting and simply not overclocking anywhere near as well as it was.

I've memtested the ram and it seems to be passing fine at about 1480 mhz but if I try booting into windows I get a blue screen and that whole memory dump thing.

I had it freeze during a game of BF2 and when it rebooted 4 gigs of ram were missing at boot up. It just began restarting as soon as it got into the bios over and over. It was only running at 3.33ghz with memory running at 1333mhz.

enermax revolution 1050w PS
gigabyte X58 extreme
Core i7 920
12 gigs OCX XMP 1600
2 XFX GTX 285's

anyone tried the new LinX 0.6.1 with new Linpack files updated to version 10.2?

I was stable 100 passes with the 0.5.9, I tried 0.6.1 and it gave me error at pass 20, I bumped the vcore and it passed fine

I normally run 20 runs anyways, so my input probably isn't very valid. But it did run successfully. :/

New BIOS :
GA-EX58 EXTREME - F8i
GA-EX58 UD5 - F8h
GA-EX58 UD4 - F6e
GA-EX58 UD4P - F9e
GA-EX58 UD3R SLI - F5c
GA-EX58DS4 - F7e
July 29 BIOS Release's Posted by HiCookie
Fix: Improve Memory Performance
Add: B2B CAS Delay
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=185

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@M31, there is plenty of decent memory available at OcUK just now...

6GB OCZ Reaper 1600MHz RAM can be had for £80.99..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=8&subcat=1389

I don't think this memory uses XMP profiles, but you don't need these anyway.. I never use XMP for my Dominators anymore, I prefer to set everything manually.

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Thanks ... after talking to them on the phone yesterday, I've actually bought Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) ram from them for my EX58-UD5 ...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=8&subcat=1389

They say they are using this in their UD5, i7 920 pre clocked to 4GHz bundles now the Patriot is out of stock, so hopefully it will get me to 4GHz on same board and CPU too.

OK Guys ... quick question before the rest of the parts arrive and I can start my build ...

From my current rig I'll be using my OCZ Vertex SSD, Velociraptor 300, Raptor 150 and Samsung 750 GB on my EX58-UD5.

For best performance, especially for the SSD and Velociraptor, what SATA ports should I use for these drives (I understand there are two different controllers in use?) There will be a SATA DVDRW and Blu Ray optical drive used too.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by stasio

New BIOS :
GA-EX58 EXTREME - F8i
GA-EX58 UD5 - F8h
GA-EX58 UD4 - F6e
GA-EX58 UD4P - F9e
GA-EX58 UD3R SLI - F5c
GA-EX58DS4 - F7e
July 29 BIOS Release's Posted by HiCookie
Fix: Improve Memory Performance
Add: B2B CAS Delay
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=185

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Thanks, i am gonna give it a shot soon.

Anyone else tried this new BIOS?

Please wait!

HiCookie has said there is an issue with the microcode and D0 CPU's. Newer ones will be posted soon

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Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Please wait!

HiCookie has said there is an issue with the microcode and D0 CPU's. Newer ones will be posted soon

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The problem with this BIOS, comes from Intel (waiting for new Micro code).This problem also have other manufacturers!

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The problem with this BIOS, comes from Intel (waiting for new Micro code).This problem also have other manufacturers!

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Yes, HiCookie made a post in regards to this here >>
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=189

See you at TT Stasio :up:

Hehe, too late, already got it running. No problems so far, but i guess i'll revert back to F8F for now.

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OK Guys ... quick question before the rest of the parts arrive and I can start my build ...

From my current rig I'll be using my OCZ Vertex SSD, Velociraptor 300, Raptor 150 and Samsung 750 GB on my EX58-UD5.

For best performance, especially for the SSD and Velociraptor, what SATA ports should I use for these drives (I understand there are two different controllers in use?) There will be a SATA DVDRW and Blu Ray optical drive used too.

Thanks.

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I use the top set controlled I believe by the Intel ICH10 :D

I use the blue SATA ports for my hard drives, and the white ports for my optical drives..

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I use the top set controlled I believe by the Intel ICH10 :D

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Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR

I use the blue SATA ports for my hard drives, and the white ports for my optical drives..

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Thanks guys.

Looking fwd to this build now.

:up:

I have been talking with a tech from OcUK today, and they have tested my current processor and found no faults with it at all..

But the guy I talked to understands my frustrations, and went ahead and sent me out another processor anyway!!!

It will be here tomorrow, I just hope that it sorts out this issues I have been experiencing..

Even though the CPU worked for them, I am still adamant that it is the IMC on that particular processor that was damaged, both mobos didn't detect the stick of RAM in the first white slot, and this happens with both of my tri channel kits...

Also, I have tested each stick of RAM individually with Memtest boot disc, and they all ran for 20 passes without a single error, I also tested with 2 PSU's, 3 GFX cards, multiple HDD's, and several OS'es, and each configuration gave me the same results..

I guess I will find out tomorrow when the new CPU arrives..

Anyway, a big hats off to the techs @ OcUK for shipping out a replacement chip even though they never found any faults with my current one!!!

I can't express how delighted I am over all of this!!!

I won't shop anywhere else now when it comes to PC hardware..

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Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR

I have been talking with a tech from OcUK today, and they have tested my current processor and found no faults with it at all..

But the guy I talked to understands my frustrations, and went ahead and sent me out another processor anyway!!!

It will be here tomorrow, I just hope that it sorts out this issues I have been experiencing..

Even though the CPU worked for them, I am still adamant that it is the IMC on that particular processor that was damaged, both mobos didn't detect the stick of RAM in the first white slot, and this happens with both of my tri channel kits...

Also, I have tested each stick of RAM individually with Memtest boot disc, and they all ran for 20 passes without a single error, I also tested with 2 PSU's, 3 GFX cards, multiple HDD's, and several OS'es, and each configuration gave me the same results..

I guess I will find out tomorrow when the new CPU arrives..

Anyway, a big hats off to the techs @ OcUK for shipping out a replacement chip even though they never found any faults with my current one!!!

I can't express how delighted I am over all of this!!!

I won't shop anywhere else now when it comes to PC hardware..

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I hope this works out for ya matey.......seems like its been dragging on for weeks lol.
I also agree, I have OcUK in my top few e-stores as I have always got good deals and great service from them :D

New BIOS update:

GA-EX58-Extreme - F8
GA-EX58-UD5 - F8
GA-EX58-UD4 - F6
GA-EX58-UD4P - F9
GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI - F5
GA-EX58-DS4 - F7

Improve PCIe/Memory compatibility

Yeah Johnny, I am praying to the gods that this new CPU will do the trick.. One really good thing about this replacement processor, is that it is a retail chip whereas the one I returned to them was OEM.. that means I get full 3 year warranty with Intel themselves!!!

I really can't fault the guys at OcUK, not many people would have done this when my last processor didn't show any faults when they tested it...

I will have to give this new BIOS a try when my processor arrives tomorrow..

@Stasio, what do they mean by improve PCIe?

Will this mean that I can raise the PCIe clock higher than 103MHz, or does this still require the hardmod???

Dang it, my USB keyboard still doesn't work on the Boot-Up screen with the final F9. :(

enable usb keyboard support from the bios. that should do it.

That's what I did. I'll try disabling it in case its a bug or something. :shakes:

Edit: Nope didn't work. *sigh*

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Dang it, my USB keyboard still doesn't work on the Boot-Up screen with the final F9. :(

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Additional info about last BIOS update:
Info: Flash the backup BIOS automatically
Info: New ICH10R SATA setting points (XHD)
Bug: Logitech G15 USB keyboard in DOS faulty (eg RAID menu or Start menu)
Bug: Power On By Keyboard does not function

USB Keyboards bugs have been in the last two sets of Beta's and this affects more than the G15. If you are speaking with Janus please let him know as I have passed the info on a while ago and it must not have made it into the right hands yet.

And if you are speaking with Janus again, can you please get a full direct explanation of what XHD is because I think info posted at some sites may be wrong about SATA3 (Why would that be used that in a NON SATA3 board?)

Bios F8 final for GB X58ex works well on mine, S3 works perfectly, OC's same, startup is quick without lags...
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/382...rimebios8f.jpg

When I tested F8f the other week before I returned my processor, I also had problems with my keyboard not working in DOS.. I have a Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 v1.0 keyboard.. I am waiting for my G15 to be delivered to me, but as I see this keyboard is also experiencing the same issue...

Can someone explain what it means by "Improved PCIe/Memory Compatibility" for this F8 final?

Does this mean we can raise PCIe clocks past 103MHz without the hardmod?

Anyway, I think I will just be sticking with F7 if the keyboard bug is still present in this final BIOS... I thought that this was just a problem with F8f and that it would have been sorted with the final release, but by the looks of it, the problems are still present.


@rge, that is a really nice overclock you have there, makes me want to go out and buy an i950!!!

I have actually been considering getting one of these chips instead of another 920 for my second rig, but I'm not sure if it is really worth it tbh, as the 920 D0s are great chips and cost a lot less.. though having those extra multipliers would be great!

yeah the 950 you still have to get lucky in vcore lottery, just not as lucky in bclk/qpi/vtt lottery, since you can run with higher multi. But there are i920 that OC better than mine...I got 950 so when winter comes I can get 5+ just with "chilled" water, unless I decide to bite the bullet sooner and try ln2.

regarding pcie improved...maybe. I always froze at or above 103.3 on earlier bioses, now I freeze at 104.0 (using set fsb), 103.7 is stable 103.9 is kinda. My bclk made it to 230.7 before freezing, maybe 231 with tinkering just did quick test need to head back to work, whereas before 229 froze, so if it is an improvement and not just variability, it is a baby step improvement on mine. Though I did not try tinkering with volts much...

The highest Bclk I have had with my board was 225MHz, but as soon as I loaded the processor my system froze..

I would attempt the hardmod for my mobo, but those resistors are really tiny, I am not confident enough to attempt soldering something as small as this... I probably wouldn't even get as far as soldering it back on as I would end up losing it somewhere because it is so small!!!

I'm planning on going custom WC for one of my i7 rigs, but I will need to read up quite a bit before I take the plunge, as I haven't had WC before, and I would want to know as much as possible first before I try it out.

I have noticed the problem with the 1 usb keyboards I have. A generic Logitech USB and my G15, they both give me the the same problem. It was bad a few weeks ago when I had a dual boot setup but now with only one boot up drive it has been less of a problem. Going into the BIOS is not a problem, but when an overclock fails and I have to start windows normally or pick safe mode that is when the problem happens i have to wait that out.

Booting up my new I7 920 , UD5 build for the first time, it does not want to know my G19 keyboard ... bios of board is F7, so plugged in a PS3 keyboard and mouse to get started. In bios, USB keyboard and mouse support is enabled.

Not a good start :confused:

I need my G19 upon boot up choice!!!

However ... once you lose the horrible Gigabyte boot screen, its all much easier to understand ... I've been using Asus for too long ... I guess?

Installing Win XP now as part of a dual boot, Win 32/Win 7 64 dual boot, with a GTX 285 arriving tomorrow (will buy a second one for SLI later) Win 7 goes onto my SSD before even XP video drivers are installed.

But ...

I've been worried about all these horror storys of I7 boards only seeing 2GB of 6GB.

Hope mine see's all 6GB.

Fingers crossed :up:

Later.

I am having some trouble getting my i7 to run anything past 4.410ghz on this board when I want to benchmark it. Now it only takes 1.440V Vcore (CPU-z) and 1.45V Vtt (bios) for me to take it to 4.4. I run my RAM at 840mhz @ 7-7-7-16 1T timings 1.70V (bios) Now this runs 3d mark fine and wPrime 32 and 1024M just fine. But when I go anything higher than a 210 base clock I get lock ups and BSOD's like no tomorrow. Now I am upping the voltage as I up the base clock. I am going for 4.5Ghz at least. I have tried 1.55V Vcore (bios) and 1.55v Vtt (bios) and it will still BSOD on me when running vantage at the 215 base clock. I have tried loosening the ram timings to 8-8-8-24 1T and up their voltage to 1.72V and it is no go. I have CPU PLL at 1.880V at all times. Now I am always trying to run my Uncore at x18 and my RAM at x8, so my Uncore is running a 2:9 ratio. I have tried lowering Uncore to x16 and it was no go. Now should I be playing around with another voltage settings, or just think my chip is at it's max? I am hoping I can squeeze out a little more for some benchmarks.

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That's what I did. I'll try disabling it in case its a bug or something. :shakes:

Edit: Nope didn't work. *sigh*

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did you try to enable "Legacy USB support"

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did you try to enable "Legacy USB support"

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Yup, I believe that was enabled by default.

And as Lsdmeasap mentioned, it seems that there is an issue with USB keyboards overall with BIOS F9d - F9 final.

Yes there is an issue with all USB Keyboards, and I do believe this affects the whole X58 series. I had passed this info along during the last few beta's but my contact has been super busy and must not have gotten the Info to the BIOS engineers in time, or they forgot? I won't be able to say for sure though until after the 31st when he is back in the office.

Hopefully Hicookie reads this and passes this along to the BIOS Engineers, if anyone speaks with him on a regular basis they might want to remind him to let them know so it can be fixed in the next round of beta's. I do believe JZ is letting them know about the issue, but anyone else that can also remind them it would be greatly appreciated as I reminded them a few times and they forgot it seems.

XHD SATA Support is simply RAID, they just renamed the function due to upcoming SATA3.

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It is the RAID function as same as previous version BIOS, just changed the BIOS item to the new name, nothing different.

If set eXtreme Hard Disk (XHD) to "Disabled", it allow you manually select "IDE", "AHCI" or "RAID" mode.

If set eXtreme Hard Disk (XHD) to "Enabled", it will switch to "RAID" mode only.

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So i can enable it without breaking my RAID array? :)

i have to say im impressed with this F8 bios, i just upgraded from F7 and the board now boots much quicker now with ACHI and RAID enabled :)

I enabled XHD aswell, no idea what it does and havn't seen an improvement in HDtach or anything but it works so i left it on :up:

For some reason my 1866C7GT would'nt run at 1866 with the F7 bios either, all good with this F8 release :cool:

Yes, just be sure you set all your RAID Settings to the same as before, that is all it is is RAID just renamed.

Yeah had to do that anyway since the bios wiped out. Atleast i found how to fix the error occured disk im my array aswell :yepp:

I'm gonna test this F8 final. I hope its as stable as the F7. All the F8 beta's screwed my max oc.

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I'm gonna test this F8 final. I hope its as stable as the F7. All the F8 beta's screwed my max oc.

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be sure to let us know, ill be playing with mine tomorrow night aswell but im off to a better start with the ram atleast running at its rated specs now :yepp:

that said the usb issues are still playing up with me aswell keyboard works then decides not to vice versa lol.

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Originally Posted by Astennu

I'm gonna test this F8 final. I hope its as stable as the F7. All the F8 beta's screwed my max oc.

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My UD5 shipped with F7 bios, if troubles with later bios's give so much problems for so little gain ... I'll stick with F7.

If it aint broke, dont fix it.